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United States v. Scott Borchers, 01-1917 (2001)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Number: 01-1917 Visitors: 31
Filed: Sep. 27, 2001
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 01-1917 _ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Northern District of Iowa. Scott John Borchers, * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellant. * _ Submitted: August 1, 2001 Filed: September 27, 2001 _ Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. In this direct criminal appeal, Scott Borchers challenges the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 228(a)(3), the Child Support Recove
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                     United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
                                     ___________

                                     No. 01-1917
                                     ___________

United States of America,                 *
                                          *
             Appellee,                    *
                                          * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                  * District Court for the
                                          * Northern District of Iowa.
Scott John Borchers,                      *
                                          *    [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellant.                   *
                                     ___________

                            Submitted: August 1, 2001
                                Filed: September 27, 2001
                                    ___________

Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
                            ___________

PER CURIAM.

       In this direct criminal appeal, Scott Borchers challenges the constitutionality of
18 U.S.C. § 228(a)(3), the Child Support Recovery Act (CSRA). Borchers pleaded
guilty to one count of failure to pay child support in violation of § 228(a)(3), and was
sentenced to ten months imprisonment, one year of supervised release, and restitution.

       We conclude that Borchers’s challenge is foreclosed by this court’s prior
decision upholding the constitutionality of § 228(a)(3). See United States v. Crawford,
115 F.3d 1397
, 1400 (8th Cir.) (enactment of CSRA was constitutional exercise of
Congress’s commerce power, because payment of child support on behalf of out-of-
state child is substantially related to interstate commerce), cert. denied, 
522 U.S. 934
(1997); United States v. Prior, 
107 F.3d 654
, 660 (8th Cir.) (one Eighth Circuit panel
may not overrule another panel’s decision), cert. denied, 
522 U.S. 824
(1997).

      Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.1

      A true copy.

             Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




      1
       The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Northern District of Iowa.
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